HD-Ready

DirecTV failed to make investor expectations, posting a profit of 17 cents per share instead of 30 cents, reports San Jose Mercury News.
Though profits rose 43 percent in Q1 2007, the 235,000 subscribers taken on for its HD service and DVR boxes this past quarter rang low alongside 255,000 for this time last year.

The company says it will have no problem delivering its promised 100 HD channel by years-end.